By Tensae Deneke | Project Coordinator
Parkinson’s disease patients can’t squat and use pit latrine toilet just like other people do. As a result, most patients get difficulties during defecations. To avoid a pain resulting from squatting, some patients, who are at the middle stage of Parkinson’s disease don’t even want to go to toilet or opt to use other coping mechanisms. Hailemariam, who is a Parkinson’s disease patient, was a beneficiary for a project that builds sitting latrine for PD patients. As a result of inability to squat in pit latrine, he used to have difficulties during defecation. He said “the problem is solved after PPSO-E builds sitting latrine”.
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